Belize City police are hoping that cooler heads will now prevail following a meeting with key members of Back-A-Town and George Street crew. The gathering took place at the Queen Street police station and involved close to seventy persons from the rival groups. Also invited to be a part of the dialogue were representatives from […]
Corozal police suspect foul play in the discovery of the body of a young man who was reported missing. The family of twenty-one year old Wilbert Castaneda says the last time they saw him was around eight on Saturday night. Cesar Castaneda told police that when he saw his brother walking on Park Street, Wilbert […]
Belize City police say they have in custody one suspect after the young man’s description matched those given by eyewitnesses following a brazen robbery at a King’s Park grocery. Details are sketchy, but the police report that the crime took place around ten this morning on Third Street in the Kings Park Area. In that […]
Late this afternoon, the case of the Mayan villagers suing the Government of Belize for communal land rights adjourned after their attorney, Antoinette Moore, made her final submissions to the Chief Justice. At nine tomorrow morning, counsel for the Government, Nicola Cho, will take the floor to wrap up her arguments. Earlier today, Moore called […]
A giant in Belize’s nursing profession has died. Delsyia Goff, former Principal Nursing Officer and long-time health activist, was found dead this morning apparently of natural causes at her home on Baymen Avenue. She was seventy-three years old. Goff became a registered nurse in 1954 and rose steadily through the ranks. Following her retirement from […]
It may have a new name and more than its share of boardroom and labour problems, but Belize Telemedia Limited remains a player in the country’s social sector. Today the company unveiled its latest charitable initiative. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize Telemedia Limited will spend one hundred and fifty thousand dollars over the next three years […]
It’s report card time for most Belizean high schools and for many students and parents that also means catching up with any outstanding school fees. Several angry parents called News Five today complaining of charges levied by Anglican Cathedral College. Complaints centred on a multiplicity of bills for various fundraising activities that many parents thought […]
There may still be a few abandoned vehicles lying around the countryside, but by and large this once common blight has been removed from the nation’s roads and neighbourhoods. Why? It’s all about the growing value of things we no longer use. News Five’s Kendra Griffith explains. Kendra Griffith, Reporting To the untrained eye these […]
